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South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, "kiss-kiss" and "bang-bang."

Hortense Powdermaker

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Hollywood American culture

Author

Hortense Powdermaker

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Powdermaker, Hortense. Hollywood, the Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers. Little, Brown and Company, 1950, introduction.

Serene, I fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For lo! my own shall come to me.

John Burroughs

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Waiting Patience

Author

John Burroughs

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1863 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "Waiting." The Knickerbocker. New York, Mar. 1863.

There's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.

Edith Wharton

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Happiness

Author

Edith Wharton

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Wharton, Edith. "The Last Asset." The Hermit and the Wild Woman and Other Stories. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908.

Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble.

William Lloyd Garrison

To the Public

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Topic

American slavery Slavery

Author

William Lloyd Garrison

Source

To the Public The Liberator

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Garrison, William Lloyd. "To the Public." The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831.

The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.

Paul Ralph Ehrlich

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Topic

Tinkering DIY

Speaker

Paul Ralph Ehrlich

Source

Saturday Review

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Ehrlich, Paul Ralph. Quoted in Saturday Review. 5 June 1971.

We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Racial equality Equality Civil rights American politics

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. First address to Congress as President. 27 Nov. 1963, US Capital Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children, the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best, after all.

Benjamin Spock

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

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Raising kids

Author

Benjamin Spock

Source

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Spock, Benjamin. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946, ch. 1.

Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.

Barbara Ehrenreich

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Topic

Sticking it to the man Rebellion Patriotism Politics

Author

Barbara Ehrenreich

Source

Family Values The Worst Years of Our Lives

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Ehrenreich, Barbara. "Family Values." The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed. HarperCollins, 1991.

Success. Four flights Thursday morning. All against twenty-one mile wind. Started from level with engine power alone. Average speed through air thirty-one miles. Longest 57 seconds. Inform press. Home Christmas.

Orville Wright

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Flying Moments of discovery

Author

Orville Wright

Medium

Telegram

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wright, Orville. Telegram to Reverend Milton Wright. 17 Dec. 1903.

Current Citation

Wright, Orville. Quoted in To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers, written by Wendie C. Old. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it,—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Every Man His Own Boswell

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Personal growth Stagnation

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

Every Man His Own Boswell The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1858 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "Every Man His Own Boswell." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Feb. 1858.

Our system of government made up of three separate and independent departments, our divided sovereignty composed of Nation and State, the matchless wisdom that is enshrined in our Constitution, all these need constant effort and tireless vigilance for their protection and support.

Calvin Coolidge

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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Separation of powers Federalism US Constitution

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The Maker of a universe with stars a hundred thousand light-years apart was interested, furious, and very personal about it if a small boy played baseball on Sunday afternoon.

Sinclair Lewis

Elmer Gantry

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Sabbath God and man

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Elmer Gantry

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 17.

Current Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Signet, 2007, ch. 17.

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!

George H.W. Bush

Press Conference, March 22, 1990

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Broccoli Vegetables

Speaker

George H.W. Bush

Source

Press Conference, March 22, 1990

Medium

Press conference

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bush, George H. W. News conference at the White House. 22 Mar. 1990, The White House, Washington, DC, USA.

You don't need a certificate. Just do it or not do it.

Lawrence Weiner

Quoted in Interview Magazine

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Topic

Credentialism Education Going for it Taking action

Speaker

Lawrence Weiner

Source

Interview Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Weiner, Lawrence. "Artists at Work: Lawrence Weiner." Interviewed by Emily McDermott. Interview Magazine, 2 Sept. 2015, www.interviewmagazine.com/art/artists-at-work-lawrence-weiner.

The New Testament, and to a very large extent the Old, is the soul of man. You cannot criticize it. It criticizes you.

John Jay Chapman

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Topic

The Bible

Author

John Jay Chapman

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Chapman, John Jay. Letter to Elizabeth Chanler. 26 Mar. 1898.

Since its very outset, it has been found necessary to conduct our Government by means of political parties. That system would not have survived from generation to generation if it had not been fundamentally sound and provided the best instrumentalities for the most complete expression of the popular will. It is not necessary to claim that it has always worked perfectly. It is enough to know that nothing better has been devised.

Calvin Coolidge

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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Political parties American politics

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation...acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.

Richard Nixon

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Vietnam War America and the world

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Medium

Radio broadcast

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Nixon, Richard. Announcing major United States offensive into Cambodia. 30 Apr. 1970, The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Broadcast.

The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments.

Henry Clay

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Abuse of power Power

Speaker

Henry Clay

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Clay, Henry. "On the State of the Country After the Removal of the Deposits." Senate meeting. 14 Mar. 1834, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community... That in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same.

John Quincy Adams

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Purpose of government

Author

John Quincy Adams

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Society and Civilization." The American Review, July 1845.

Commuter-one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train,
And then rides back to shave again.

E.B. White

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Modern life Middle class life

Author

E.B. White

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

White, E. B. "The Commuter." The New Yorker, c. 1982.